| Finally, after working for the Federal Government for | | | | Myrtle Beach is the perfect city to retire in because it |
| more than 25 years, my dream came true and I retired | | | | has all the amenities that one would find in that |
| to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This is the place of | | | | perennially favorite state, Florida, but with the |
| my fondest childhood memories, of hot white sand, | | | | advantages that only a smaller coastal town can offer. |
| cold lemonade, scary roller coasters and tranquil rides | | | | I can drive to my doctor's office in 10 minutes, to the |
| on a rowboat down the Waccamaw River. | | | | mall in 5 minutes, and to the beach, well, I just look out |
| Now, in my "golden years", I am enjoying Myrtle Beach | | | | my condo window and I am there. Last year I bought |
| like never before. What was once a sleepy beach | | | | a two bedroom, ocean front condominium for about |
| town with just a few diners and a drug store soda | | | | half what it would have cost me in any other place on |
| fountain is now a superb little community with all the | | | | the Atlantic Ocean. It is modern, spacious and well |
| glitz, glamour and conveniences of any major | | | | maintained but best of all, it has hotel services like a |
| American city. I spent the last quarter century grid | | | | parking valet, and someone to help me with my |
| locked between the freeways of Boston and the | | | | groceries. |
| many narrow downtown streets where I worked. The | | | | I don't lack for companionship in Myrtle Beach either. I |
| worst traffic jam I have encountered in Myrtle Beach | | | | joined a few clubs for senior citizens and we have |
| was last New Year's Eve, when police officers were | | | | potluck dinners and canasta games and about once a |
| stationed all along Highway 17 Bypass watching out for | | | | month we take day trips to places of interest like |
| drunk drivers. It took me about 15 minutes longer than | | | | Charleston and Wilmington, NC. |
| usual to get home that night. No big deal. I used to | | | | I love my retirement in Myrtle Beach and I bet you will |
| spend 2 hours commuting to and from work in Boston. | | | | too! |